You know, it would take nothing short of a videogame to get me interesting in the happenings of the 18th century, but I … wait, The Creative Assembly already made that game? It’s calledEmpire: Total War, and it is50% off on Steamthis weekend? Hot damn! Violenceandlearning, my favorite combination.
Yep, that’s $24.99 forEmpire: Total Warto be teleported to your personal computing device of choice, and $34.99 forEmpire: Total War Special Forces Edition. The majority of the time I allotted for writing this post was spentturning myselfintoOptimus Prime, but I did learn one useful tidbit.
Namely,a hefty patchfor the game is due out on Monday, which probably explains the timing of the sale. I’ve heard from a number of people thatEmpirelaunched with a considerable amount of problems, but that was what, back in early March?